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Ekhaya: A Family Chronicle

Apartheid tore their country apart... their family held them together

  • 1997
  • Ended
  • Drama
  • ~1h / ep
  • 1 season

A Black South African lives in Toronto with his Canadian wife in 1989. His fears of being stalked by South African secret police, force him to reflect back on his life growing up under apartheid.

Latest: Ekhaya: A Family Chronicle · 1997

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  1. E1. State of Mind

    Jan 23, 1997 · 60m

    Afraid that South African authorities still want him, Darryl begins recalling his politically oppressive childhood in his former home.

  2. E2. Beauties at the Patmore Deluxe

    Jan 30, 1997 · 60m

    Darryl's mind is flooded with boyhood memories of fighting at school, his love of a white girl and the arrests of Boytjie and Russell on charges of murder.

  3. E3. The Visitors and the Wedding

    Feb 6, 1997 · 60m

    After a run-in with David, Darryl recalls his brother's clandestine political activities in Soweto and Boytjie facing formal charges of murder.

  4. E4. Them Charges

    Feb 13, 1997 · 60m

    Darryl's publisher plans to add text to his book that the author finds unacceptable.

  5. E5. A Black and White Christmas

    Feb 20, 1997 · 60m

    When Darryl fears that a man he sees talking to Lerato has been following him, he remembers a man he saw knifed in South Africa and Boytjie's murder trial.

  6. E6. Who Was Jan Van Riebeeck?

    Feb 27, 1997 · 60m

    Despite David's insistence, Darryl is reluctant to join the Canadian anti-apartheid movement; Darryl recalls his days in boarding school.

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